Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Clinical Effectiveness Unit as Deputy Manager, Clinical Effectiveness.
Working within a supportive team the Deputy Manager will have a key role in supporting strategic as well as day to day management of the Unit. You will share a passion for ensuring that clinical audit is deployed as an effective quality improvement process that provides the opportunity to review and evidence best practice, drive improvement where required and widely share and learn together. You will also be committed to helping demonstrate how clinical audit plays an important role in providing assurance about the quality of care and services delivered to those who either use, commission or regulate.
Qualified to Masters level or equivalent, you will possess excellent organisational skills, the ability to manage multiple pieces of work and your time effectively, plus the ability to develop working relationships at every level with very strong leadership and communication skills.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will deputise for the Senior Manager of the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) as required. This will involve attendance at Trust Level patient & healthcare governance and related meetings as well as operational management of the CEU and staff.
As a member of the CEU senior management team, the Deputy Manager will also contribute towards the strategic development of the Unit and have a key role in relevant policy formulation and dissemination of this throughout the Trust. The post-holder will be available to Unit and Trust staff to offer advice and support on all matters of clinical audit & clinical effectiveness.
The Deputy Manager will have delegated responsibilities to lead, co-lead or significantly contribute to Trust-wide clinical effectiveness imperatives that improve the Trust's capacity to introduce safe and effective evidence-based practice. Delivery will rely on combining strategic development work with policy development work to underpin the strategies. They will also need to lead on the organisational development work to enable the policies to function.
In addition to building networks and relationships across the organisation, the post will also have an external focus in developing networks locally and nationally to learn from and share best practice.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it's staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent level qualification
- Masters level / or equivalent professional management qualification/ or equivalent level of experience
Desirable
- Professional clinical qualification
Further training
Essential
- Evidence of continuous development through training and development courses as well as on-the-job development
Experience
Essential
- Relevant and extensive experience in a managerial post.
- Relevant and extensive experience within clinical effectiveness / quality improvement or similar
- Relevant and extensive experience within a large, complex healthcare organisation
- Significant staff management experience, including the setting of clear objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment, and management of HR issues
- Experience of leading and managing change
- Analytical skills and experience of data management & action planning
- Experience of negotiating with and influencing staff at all levels of seniority.
- Extensive experience of report writing.
- Experience of supporting the development and implementation of strategic plans.
- Demonstrable clinical effectiveness skills e.g., Literature Searching/Critical Appraisal Robust study and questionnaire design
Desirable
- Experience of building effective and lasting working relationships with clinical staff
- Experience of teaching large groups
- Experience with financial planning, managing delegated budgets and acting as an authorised signatory
Skills / Aptitudes
Essential
- Outstanding verbal communication skills including the ability to persuade and to deliver bad/ sensitive news to individuals or large audiences.
- First class written skills, including English grammar, accuracy, eye for detail
- Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise an unpredictable workload with frequent disruption.
- Self-awareness, an understanding of impact on others and an ability to manage self and maintain professional conduct in difficult or challenging situations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent level qualification
- Masters level / or equivalent professional management qualification/ or equivalent level of experience
Desirable
- Professional clinical qualification
Further training
Essential
- Evidence of continuous development through training and development courses as well as on-the-job development
Experience
Essential
- Relevant and extensive experience in a managerial post.
- Relevant and extensive experience within clinical effectiveness / quality improvement or similar
- Relevant and extensive experience within a large, complex healthcare organisation
- Significant staff management experience, including the setting of clear objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment, and management of HR issues
- Experience of leading and managing change
- Analytical skills and experience of data management & action planning
- Experience of negotiating with and influencing staff at all levels of seniority.
- Extensive experience of report writing.
- Experience of supporting the development and implementation of strategic plans.
- Demonstrable clinical effectiveness skills e.g., Literature Searching/Critical Appraisal Robust study and questionnaire design
Desirable
- Experience of building effective and lasting working relationships with clinical staff
- Experience of teaching large groups
- Experience with financial planning, managing delegated budgets and acting as an authorised signatory
Skills / Aptitudes
Essential
- Outstanding verbal communication skills including the ability to persuade and to deliver bad/ sensitive news to individuals or large audiences.
- First class written skills, including English grammar, accuracy, eye for detail
- Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise an unpredictable workload with frequent disruption.
- Self-awareness, an understanding of impact on others and an ability to manage self and maintain professional conduct in difficult or challenging situations.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Claremont Cresent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
Employer's website
https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
